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> If it happened

Not "if". It happened. It's interesting how willing you are to promulgate a false narrative.

> (1) in effect for less than 3 minutes after taibbi posted about it

False. It was in effect for long enough for many articles to be written about it and many people to see it. I saw it myself.

> (2) affected only a subset of users

False. It even affected non-Twitter users. I don't use Twitter and I saw it.



I'm giving my testimony. Doesn't mean it did or didn't happen, just means it didn't happen to me at the time I checked. Maybe it happened and got rolled back in 3 minutes. Maybe it happened to some users and not others. Maybe it didn't happen at all. I checked as soon as I heard about it and didn't see what this article describes.


> Maybe it happened and got rolled back in 3 minutes.

False.

> Maybe it happened to some users and not others.

False.

> Maybe it didn't happen at all.

False.

> I checked right away and didn't see what this article describes.

Twitter rolled it back days later once the coverage was wide enough and negative enough. Pay attention to dates and times.


Bro I literally checked it within 3 minutes of taibbi's post. I don't expect you to believe me, but that's what I saw.


Bro, many people paid closer attention than you did. Before you run around screaming "fake news" you need to get your facts straight. Think first, comment second. It's better that way.

The honest pathway open to you now is to admit you're wrong.

Go for it. You'll feel better.




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